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Globalization and the easy movement of people, weapons, and toxins across borders has transformed security into a transnational phenomenon. Preventing transnational security threats has proven to be a very difficult challenge for governments and institutions around the world. Transnational Security...
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CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | Boca Raton, FL : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Globalization and the easy movement of people, weapons, and toxins across borders has transformed security into a transnational phenomenon. Preventing transnational security threats has proven to be a very difficult challenge for governments and institutions around the world. Transnational Security addresses these issues, which are at the forefront of every global security professional's agenda. This book analyzes the most pressing current transnational security threats, including weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, organized crime, cybercrime, natural disasters, human-made disasters, in |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781466594449 (hardback : alk. paper) : 1466594446 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | UA10 |
| CLC: | D815.5 |
| Call Number: | D815.5/M311 |
| Contents: | 1. Transnational security: an introduction -- 2. Decisions under uncertainty: theories and practice in security studies -- 3. Weapons of mass destruction and nonproliferation -- 4. Transnational terrorism -- 5. Transnational organized crime -- 6. Cybersecurity -- 7. Natural disasters: a forgotten security risk? -- 8. Human-made disasters -- 9. Infectious diseases -- 10. Security issues in conflict and post-conflict societies -- 11. The fight for natural resources: seeking food and water security -- 12. Energy security: current issues -- 13. The future of transnational security: concluding re |